Signs of getting older

Now, don't laugh. This is just a part of getting older....as we all do. I just returned from my yearly physical. I've been talking about having a Mary heart. That is my goal but today's results show that even if I appear to "be still" on the outside, my insides are another story. As I filled out the physical questionnaire I thought to myself, "I'm a pretty healthy person. " Then the doctor came in. My blood pressure is up (of course it is! My legs are in stirrups! ) and it's time to do something about the bladder leakage. Well, when he listened to my heart, he said it has a swishing sound so it's time to have a ego cariogram. So I leave there with paperwork to have two procedures and feeling old. One good thing is that my cholesterol looks good! So apparently my insides aren't as calm as my outside appears. I'll have to work on that!

"Be still & know that I am God"

I had been asked to speak at a women's retreat in the spring of 2001 and I just knew what God wanted me to speak about. However, in the days to come, God made it clear that I didn't know. During the course of a couple of weeks God kept bringing the verse, "Be still & know that I am God" to me. First in the Sunday morning worship service, in an e-mail forward, again within the chapter of the book "Heartstrings" by Sandra Aldrich, and finally on the Sunday School lesson sheet from Max Lucado's book "The Great House of God."
By the end of the Sunday School lesson I was covered in "God bumps." I knew it couldn't be a coicidence. This was a Godsiquence! I couldn't wait for the class to end so I could share with my teacher what had been happening and see what she thought God was trying to tell me. She suggested that I be in prayer about it. Of course, you know what that meant.......I had to "be still and get to know God" so I would be able to understand what he was trying to tell me.
Being still in this day and age isn't an easy command to obey. But I believe it is because of the day and age we are living in that WE NEED to spend time alone with God. If we don't take the time on our own He may put circumstances in our lives to cause us to be still.

Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World

Have you ever felt like God was trying to tell you something but you didn't know what it meant? I believe it was in 2001 that God first started speaking to me about having a Mary heart. I will be sharing with you how God spoke to me. I pray that through my story you will find "Mary time" in this "Martha world." It all begins with my life verse, Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God."